Tectonic plates

Cards (4)

  • Movement of plates is caused by convection currents
  • Evidence of plate movement is the 'Jigsaw' fit
  • The 'Jigsaw' fit shows plate movement because of similar outlines of coastlines of eastern south America and West Africa
  • The 'Jigsaw' fit evidence is reliable because of coastal erosion, coastal deposition and rises in sea level since continental sepration